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About the Artist

Wendy Sharpe

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Wendy Sharpe AM, was a student at Barrenjoey High School. She is one of Australia’s most acclaimed and awarded artists, she lives and works in Sydney and Paris. She has won an extensive list of prizes, residencies and scholarships; These include: winning the Archibald Prize, the Sulman Prize, the Portia Geach Memorial Award, the Calleen Art Prize, the Adelaide Perry Art Prize, the Gold Award and more. She has been awarded many international residencies, from places as diverse as Antarctica and Egypt. She has also had many artists’ residencies with the Australian Ballet, Opera Australia, Circus Oz and the State Library of NSW. Sharpe was the first woman since WWII commissioned by the Australian War Memorial as an Australian Official War Artist. She has worked a lot with charities such as the Asylum Seekers Centre Sydney, Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation, the Social Outfit and Lou's place Womens Refuge. Sharpe has held over 70 solo exhibitions around Australia and internationally.